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*Lea Patent No. 77,898, dated May 12,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN STUMP-EXTRAGTOR.

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TO ALL WHOM MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN LONGANEOKER, of New Ifittsburgjin the county of Wayne, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Extracting Stumps and I do hereby declare thaiLthefollowing is afull, clear, andiexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of'this specification, and which represent a view in perspective .of my-improved stumprextracto'r, as attached to astump for the purpose of uprooting it. 'l

The object of my invention is to provide a machine, which, by the application of. a moderate power, will uproot and dislodge stumps of trees from the ground; and, to this end, my improvement consists inso conneeting the shaft to which the power is applied, by a system of gearing and pulleys, to the lever which removes the stump, that a moderate power acting on the shaft will overcome great resistance in the stump. i

In the accompanying drawing, Arepresen ts'a stout frame, to which the parts are attached. A shaft, B, revolves in suitable hearings in the frame, and has secured, upon its upper part, a socket, b, which receives one end of the tongue 0, to the other end of which the horse is attached. This shaft -has a small gear-wheel, Z

upon it, which engages a large gear, d, upon the shaft of the Windlass D. One'ond of the rope d is attached to the Windlass, and the other end to the frame of the machine. The rope passes through the blocks E and F.

The block E contains a fixed pulley, and the block F two movable ones. The lever G has aring in one end, to which the hookfon the block F is connected. A chain, g, attached to the other end of the lcver is-pussed around the stump to be extracted, and is fastened to a projecting root, by the hooky: The inclined braces a, pivoted to the frame are used for fastening the machine into the earth when the power is applied.

The operation of the stump-extractor is as follows: A horse-being attached to the end of the tongue 0,

turns the shaft B, which, by the gears b and d, gives. motion at reduced speed to the- Windlass I), which, in its revolution,winds the. rope d. The power acting ,on the rope at the .windlass is quadrupled by the movable p lleys in the block F,'and, acting on the stump by the lever G andvchuin g', uproots and tears it from the ground. 7 v

What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The combination of the tongue C, gears b and d, windlassD, rope clfl pulleys E andF, and lever-,G, with the frame A and braces a, when arranged and-operating as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimonv that I claim the foregoing as my own, I aflix my signature in presence oftwoiwitnesses. v

JOHN LONGANEGKERL Witnesses:

HENRY LEHMAN, A. E. LEHMAN. 

